tonight a counter rally in kiev has more than sixty thousand gathered in the city center to support the country's government. on the donetsk with the european union flag are now available for sale but take a look at how ukraine's businesses try to capitalize on the only going public unrest. also this is the most rebels in syria target the kurdish minority yet again as one hundred twenty civilians reportedly taken hostage near the turkish border. by. coal stoicism on hard work helps ireland to shake loose of the e.u. financial diktats but there's still a way to go to get the country's debt in check. i

don't know if you just joined us money kevin i mean this is r t international is now just after eight pm here in moscow our top story tonight political battle lines are told ukraine's capital into while thousands strong crowds keep up their anti government protests activists have also gathered to support president victory in a cold which. reports next from the heart of the standoff. you can see the close proximity between the two opposing rallies right behind me is independence square which has been the heart of the opposition movement for the last number of weeks now you can see the barricades that have been built by the protesters and reinforced in the last couple of days but if we pan around to the left hand side now this is european square and this is the scene of a rally in support of the president where you can get

a sense of exactly how close the pro and anti government supporters are the line of police separating the two camps just here to my right hand side now if we take you through to the main parts of european square where the main pro-government rally is taking place we were hearing reports over the course of the weekend there could be up to two hundred thousand pro government supporters descending on european square now we've got to try and show our press corps to walk through this line of police at the moment to main in the main part of european square and as you can see the pro-government rally is in full swing. well here we are in the halls of the pro-government rally and to squash the presence of these pro-government supporters and the fact that they are just a hundred yards away from independence square things are actually quite calm at the moment tensions are quite high but things are peaceful now on friday president. had

a roundtable discussion with members of the opposition here three the state for prisoners for protesters who were arrested throughout the course of these demonstrations but he refused the key demands of his resignation and an early election another moment we're still left with this standoff. one of more developments president and a covert has dismissed the deputy security and defense secretary there and also the head of kiev's administration in the wake of the ongoing investigation into the police conduct on november the thirtieth meanwhile the last few weeks of unrest have been hugely disruptive for businesses in central kiev but some of the less have been seizing the opportunity to cash in. their story. the korean capital has been in a protest mode for more than two weeks now it looks completely different than a month ago people are living here cooking food. and definitely life has changed when the protests kicked off talking about food underneath the square of the

protest you can literally chew on the e.u. donuts with the european union flag are now available for sale. i think but they're much. and the taste delicious local fridge magnet manufacturers were quick to pounce on the idea of the protest and now you can purchase a very peculiar more ability from sending yellow coverage to prison to localizing international brands. no wonder that central kiev is the place of many restaurants and bars in their lives have been affected in one way or another we decided to pay a visit to one of the oldest pubs in the city center to find out. so we lost the pubs manager how the protest affects the life of his restaurant. but also how have the euro my done protests affected your pub. the number of visitors has increased only slightly since these protests kicked off but now we've got a special offer menu which includes items such as tea and cake and will be open

twenty four seventh's for as long as the year all my down protests continue but not all and if seem to be equally happy with the way the protests are going some of the local taxi drivers have complained to me that the barricade makes their life a true traffic nightmare i talk to one of them right now what do you think of the barricades in the center of the city i'm sick and tired of this government but being a taxi driver is my job so those barricades in downtown kiev actually make it much harder for me to do my job and feed my family. the further we step away from the my down the more mood change we seeing among the locals some of them have been enraged by particular aspects of this unrest as someone who was born and raised in kenya how do you feel that these protests protests are good i'm tired of going to because i think he is running his course but as a kid resident i'm not sure why a monument needed to be destroyed it seems these demonstrations have been privatized by a bunch of vandals. but just one kilometer from the

independence square there are places where the revolution vibe is non-existent after what has been a turbulent and hard weekly crane people are letting off steam in different nightclubs and bars and for them it's life goes on despite the some part of the city is still on the revolutionary lockdown alexy recess the party reporting from kiev in ukraine. are discussed realises how professor brood rescued from the national institute of eastern studies she said in france present in a covert afraid no making steps towards a compromise why is it not enough for the opposition i think that mostly does because the opposition does not really look for concession do opposition he's looking for a general a radical. turns and geopolitical and political situation of ukraine and they are pushing. really since the start of the protests we've seen various e.u. politicians coming to kiev they've been lining up publicly saying that initially

intentionally they're supporting the will of the papal now though of course say this sixty thousand people rallied today instead for the government this time is that turn out like the change their minds idea they're going to take their concerns into account as well as a sizeable number you know i think that the majority of ukrainian people is not a man if this is not a money if this station if you look in all those are all ukrainian cities they are very quiet it's only in kiev so it's a very little part of the ukrainian society which is many. many stations just the question is that the western media are taking these manifestations of us something and we should supposedly re present do you. but actually there is no proof that the majority of ukraine is on the side of. so-called pro european monitors station and apparently even if the country. calls of opinion so it's just

a question of you know of many are creation the world's most what you make of the fact that the u.s. senate is now come up with that resolution to put sanctions on ukraine if violence does break out again during the rallies is that a step too far interfering in what is essentially a craig's internal business still of course since especially because violence of our own both sides we saw violence from the money from stations and on the other side you know american police is not specially nonviolent and nobody no country interfere in you know in the united states are there when there are violence in united states so why should the united states have the right to do the same in ukraine why is washington taking a keen interest in ukraine and what's happening. instantly i think it's because objectively united states in western country how the defeat in middle east especially in syria and in

a certain sense they wants to change the balance of power internationally balance and of power and ukraine is a good playground for them for the moment you mentioned media coverage especially the west how it's covering i was on a play about from britain last night i was applying for the papers over the flight and it does seem pretty one sided when you're writing them the western press they're sort of the papers i was reading anyway i mean what is the international media spot in this ongoing crisis how are they patrolling it as you say it it's so obvious that the western media. are a little bit one minded. you know it's it's a very nice very funny situation because twenty years ago or thirty years ago during the cold war western media is were rather more much more pluralistic when supposedly do western. model. one. you are now western media is are much more of one mind and they were never you know. all about

the future for ukraine with progress haven't read of in a week saying he figured a worst case scenario there could be a seismic split east to west what kind of resolution do you see happening here how is it going to pan out. it's difficult to do to know what will happen i hope it will be peaceful i think it will be peaceful because the majority of ukrainian people still very beast so the situation is bad only in the center of kiev which is not very very important. of course the idea a new situation would be a rift a random. situation but a referendum when the ukrainian could know exactly what is european union proposing to your gradient and what your asian union is proposing to ukraine because out. it looks to me that ukrainian don't really know what what we're doing. of european union to two ukrainians so you don't agree then with what it claims filmmaker.

said earlier on he said ukraine is heading in the same direction as you go slavia i think i was stating i think the logic is the same just that the general of the international balance of power does not do the same as at the time of yugoslavia and wars because first of all russia is much more powerful than it was a time and ukraine is not its nuclear divided as was yugoslavia so i think that's due to possibility of the war in ukraine is not the same as it was. in in in yugoslavia i think the situation has improved from the moment. general de international balance of power is not dissin and also ukrainian people are very white interim majority and we so it's not what we saw it earlier i mean derision reasons for tensions in ukraine were always very high

but always it was solved in a peaceful way this professor addressed before france's national institute of recent studies thanks ever so much for time on the line there from paris ok thank you very much. ok let's focus in on syria there al qaeda linked rebels have reportedly abducted hundred twenty kurds from a village close to the turkish border the news was reported by the u.k. based observatory for human rights who said all captives were taken to an unknown location in the same as a representative of the kurdish democratic union party in syria he's calling on the international community to protect his people. terror group. related to. you about them not on the islamic state we're trying to persuade that international community and the home are rights organizations and omarosa defended that they have

a duty to protect their civilian all these people have been killed or have been forced from their area from their home from their houses and this winter harsh condition is their duty to protect the people they are not forced people that are kurdish people living peacefully. the kurds a serious largest ethnic minority where their armed standoff with islam is rebel factions recently intensifying unconfirmed reports point to hundreds killed or kidnapped early this one fifty one kurdish civilians are said to taken hostage friends to sort of mourn roof believes that with the rebels friend to gain ground in the area they are resorting to drastic will tend. these are extremely desperate measures being carried out by the rebels are they they want to sabotage the geneva two talks that are due to be held on january the twenty second in twenty fourteen they're not gaining ground in terms of. their operations

against the assad government and they haven't been able to topple the assad government the report on the chemical weapons use has not apportion blame they were hoping that the syrian government would be blamed and therefore they'll be more of an international pressure against assad to step down and this hasn't happened the judeo christian politicians in europe are paying lip service to the whole process they are providing non-lethal aid and any aid is lethal in effect the whole international effort is futile in every sense of the word. coming up living in a cave in the twenty first century might not be to everyone's taste. for nothing that's for the. saudis harks from your own house but the

authorities are cave dwellers in spain with orders to move up now surely we hear from a man who claims the government has hidden motives in its attempt to deprive him of the dearest thing he gets. so you don't know if you're confident that the irish people won't be asked again to stab in. the day why do you wear the private banks of any crisis that after hopkins wasn't to be found in our economic one always says a. central banker and politicians they say this will never ever happen again and it keeps on company but we have to ensure is that if this does company. doesn't cause such a consequence make an overall cost for tots.

the. economic down in the final. deal and the rest. will be if we. have to go cap in hand to international bankers all and says it's not ready to stand on its own two feet again. the country's managed to me all the major targets of the multi billion euro bailout program while avoiding serious public on rest of the same time reports from dublin ireland will would itself be quote shackles of

the troika on sunday and will wake up on monday as a quote normal european country standing on equal footing a confident claim by prime minister kenny ahead of the country's official exit from its bailout program for eighty five billion euros it cost the irish three years of painful austerity higher taxes slashed minimum wage which has since been raced back high youth unemployment and another wave of irish immigration i'm not sure that the hard ideological light of austerity which was coming forth from europe was a good one to irish people would be to nice to see the end of the troika to see the opportunity for a street gang or economic sovereignty to be have to make our own decisions in relation to our future the government here is touting the exit from the bailout program as restoring economic and financial freedom but no one here is under any illusion that that exit would also mean an end to hardships or complete release from austerity while the idea of possibly having more control over their destiny as

a nation is psychologically uplifting people really want is freedom from individual debt that so many here are so heavily burdened with. facing long term slowdown and all structural growth we still are facing in two years of us there in other words when you look at the overall economic level of achievement in this bailout it's not really that significant yet at the same time certain credit we should go to the nation to the government to the nation was. calling. in dublin city center sights and sounds of the festive season are present but it rings hollow for those who feel. simply been kicked to the core no one would celebrate digs at the bell and somebody will be happy we're exiting for us will it have any impact in relation to the budget for this year or next year no we literally are the mortgage arrears figures take

a dramatic change next quarter no dozen or so you are t w. well it's not over yet though of course the bailout exit relief was somewhat tempered with warnings from irish ministers that are sterile t. needs to continue to drive down the nation's debt we spoke to a political analyst says the way the e.u. deals with its economic crisis compass crowd is affective. what we actually would like to see is more transparency and now it is we are in the situation in which basically the troika acts like acts like a governor. and visits its colonies tells them what to do the measures they come out with are not they're not always very effective they also cause a stereotype and also the reduction of the economy at the moment the troika is free to do what it wants and that is not right in a democracy the issue basically is how much time do we have when are the economies

of greece italy spain portugal cyprus growing again now i don't know how long it will take if it is going to be one or two years like in ireland there will be very good but if it going to be ten years it's going to be very long and i'm afraid that many citizens in those countries will not accept this particular not if this is euro zone is going to be a stagnation zone for ten years to come i think this will have very serious political consequences. it's been years since the end of apartheid in south africa but the still plenty of unresolved anger. it's definitely unsafe because if you see no white person around as the nation mourns nelson mandela racial tensions a deeper than ever in some corners of the nation we had to one search area in just a few minutes of the program. but next hitting rock bottom modern day cave dwellers in spain are facing eviction from their picturesque settlements

despite years of pressure from the government and orders to leave the families are digging in though determined to stay they say saying there's more behind the objection the meets the eye you see calf was welcomed into one of these unconventional homes. although the tools used to dig out the caves of san miguel have changed little over the centuries this home has been modernized and it's been a pain staking labor with one's hands this tunnel was dug out but it's been installed with modern comforts like white for instance now the resident that lives here has taken a lot of work to really try to make this into a home a comfortable floor as you can see a hard floor so he can walk around a kitchen area in order to cook to entertain guests and most importantly he says these feeling reinforcements now this is critical because the city council says it's dangerous for the residents to live here where as they say they've put in a lot of work a lot of labor in order to make sure these caves are safe for their residency for a moment specific. studies to build. a bridge in terms that for nothing you

take some time to do it but. it's about that the reason determination to do it. now this is what the boiling looks like from the outside it's certainly not an easy kind of lifestyle there's no running water for instance that has to be carried in by hand from a fountain in a nearby church the residents who have built up these caves are very proud of their work but many simply have no other place to call home the case of son miguel has hosted people in need for centuries from gypsies religiously prosecuted minorities and and other so-called these caves are home they had been abandoned in one thousand six hundred because the flooding was an economic crisis getting worse in recent years more and more of the man years have converted this is your community they can call home the city wants to addict them citing health and safety reasons but the people here say it's about money they believe the government is acting like

a corporation for toryism that's it supposedly wants to build up this area into something less if people can enjoy it another has been but i mean do you take activities in the sixty's. that's why the city council you working like a corporation it's like. classifieds backup plan social exclusion you know people have always going to leave they receive yeah high place he's. now. reached people are willing to to to get them down the city council isn't likely to abandon its plans to evict the residents but for the people living in the caves of san miguel giving up is simply not an option reporting it we're not a space for our tea i'm lucy catherine of. on our website right now an offbeat approach to heating in siberia burning three tons of poppy seeds enough to keep locals warm for an entire day proud of how the authorities took full advantage of

this huge hole online for us also to explain why a number of u.s. retailers are flying to place cameras now and their kids during the holiday shopping break quite creepy that we read of more hearty dot com. members of south africa's government are paying their last respects to nelson mandela before sunday's funeral but as the country mourns his death appears to be revealing some source spots in the still divided state fall asleep reports next from of the hundreds berg suburb where lives far from what mandela envisioned for his country. it's definitely unsafe because they have you seen a white person around. this core. is taking us on a drive through the streets of his childhood this was a wealthy white neighborhood during the time of apartheid. is now a very different place i wouldn't carry

a camera wardle gary anything. of value i wouldn't wear a watch i wouldn't read anything that could make me vulnerable to be attacked they'll be robbed a handful of white south africans still live here most are too old or too poor to move out of and stephen is one of the few who still call here brown home of because everybody business men know familia is gone because i think with the current government things all the vis is going to. go. south fifteen. twenty three years after the end of apartheid south africa remains plagued with unresolved racial tension. while people are they still have the opportunity. mostly maybe to distance themselves to the blokes. remembers well when he could be on the streets of hubris after nine that night some black south africans

he admits are still angry and maybe they have but a good something because they nor the door wides with killing or they bring their wives they hate girls and while it's there with the being that they have my only louis hello there we don't have miley at times south africa seems very far from the country mandela hoped it would be instead of becoming a melting pot of different cultures and colors suburbs like hillbrow are today places where whites are too afraid to go and where the black population remembers very well they once were and twelve come the past the present and the future balance precariously side by side as the nation mourns its most famous son and wonders what comes next policy r.t. johannesburg. the next full news update they're not international for you with me kevin though in just about thirty three minutes time after the break though the

world the big bucks and big banks under the close watch again of max and stacy in the latest edition of the kaiser. just imagine a foreign leaders like alexander lukashenko or vladimir putin to shoot up an anti e.u. protest and all garia greece are hungry to urge people to leave the e.u. and join up with eurasian customs union obviously the mainstream media would be on fire scream that this is part of an attempt to usurp democracy and steal the country's away some sort of imperialist agenda and you know what they might be right about that but the weird thing is that for some reason the mainstream media isn't talking about foreign politicians speaking to and or possibly agitating protesters in ukraine like speaker of the lithuanian parliament loreto grows in

india and e.u. vice president got sick proto c. of h. and former polish pm jaroslav kaczynski he had the european union brassfield is just fine for their politicians to go to foreign countries and fire up protestors to start a pro e.u. revolution but then all their journalists write about is how russia is trying to put pressure on ukraine to not join the e.u. the obvious hypocrisy of this stinks all the way up the moscow but that's just my opinion. steady stream of snowden related to weeks no longer surprises but the all the company scope of spying still does he even online gamers have not been spared although while the powers that be are hesitant to rein in the n.s.a. they appear only want to make legal what is no illegal is it time for an international bill of digital rights.

welcome to the kaiser report imax kaiser a case of incest and depravity has shocked australia in a remote valley police discovered a family that has been interbreeding for four generations brother sister father daughter uncle niece resulting in a gruesome outcome for all involved in what the police refer to as an incest cult i know what you're thinking you're thinking that sounds a whole lot like wall street sons and daughters program where sons and daughters of the fathers and mothers aunts and uncles ruling the world are hard to see in the banking system with a generation of genetically identical dysmorphic debt products and it churn out collateralized cross-eyed obligations commingled what they're really hypothecated twins and john cores on debt pool and bogus mortgage backed securities backed by

contracts on which all of the t.'s are crossed but the misaligned i's are dotted with bulging growths of gruesome fraud yes four generations of incest the president and the credit markets ought to shock the world with the gruesomely deformed economy it has spawned i bet this economy can squeal like a pig. stacy ferber what makes looks like we got this south here instead of a bore in this first headline j.p. morgan chase the foreign corrupt practices act and the corruption of america the justice department has just obtained documents showing that j.p. morgan chase wall street's biggest bank has been hiring the children of china's ruling elite in order to secure existing a potential business opportunities from chinese government run companies according to internal emails released as part of this investigation one e-mail said quote.